The Red Trouser Show

The Charming Jay

Mr Dyvinetz

Anita Bertolami

Welcome to Festival of Fools 2019!

It’s our pleasure to welcome you to Festival of Fools, 2019. This year’s programme taking place from Friday 3 – Monday 6 May is jam-packed full of the best local and international circus and street arts talent. Expect to be dazzled and delighted as professional and community performers from around the globe capture your imagination, wow you with their skills and escort your dropped jaw through the streets of Belfast.

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2019 sees us reach the mid-point of the three-year project, Mysteries & Drolls, funded by the EU CREATIVE EUROPE programme. This five-country project will culminate in new co-productions and modern interpretations of older street theatre traditions. Work will be showcased in the Mercantia Festival, Certaldo, Italy in 2019 and Festival of Fools, here in Belfast in 2020.

Wet weather plan

Obviously the sun will be splitting the trees and we won’t need to worry about this, but if it does happen to rain (ridiculous, I know), we have back up locations organised, thanks to the generosity of Ulster University and Belfast Community Circus School. If we need to move indoors we’ll update the timetables as we go, on our social media accounts